cz515 wrote:Try filling a bottle and then boiling it and drinking it to see if any taste (smell it before boil). If you want send it to envirolab if you want to test it (its in, ringwood).
My logic with animals is if they are thirsty or hungry they will eat/ drink whatever is available.
Die Judicii wrote:At a guess, I'd say the issue is Tannin.
on_one_wheel wrote:we had a small sheep feedlot up the road, they got a truckload of sheep in from the south east which had been drinking from some of the the best bore water in the country. when they landed here, they turned their noses up to our bore water, the manager of the feedlot waited it out but still they didnt touch the stuff. In the end he had to franticly run a Polly pipe about 2km to the nearest mains water supply.
I recon CZ is on to something, id be betting that the tannin, eucalyptus and whatever else has washed in there has made the water unpalatable, its probably extremely bitter. Iv seen cattle drink some pretty funky water around Maree and especially the Sothern Kimberly but they'd been born and breed on the stuff. its well documented that they don't like change.
Edit : snap, Die Judicli
Oldbloke wrote:Could be tannin. But if its pretty black I think it could be some sort of black algae. Google it.
Seen it up the bush recently, hardly any animals drink it. Hardly any game in the area ATM.
Die Judicii wrote:Oldbloke wrote:Could be tannin. But if its pretty black I think it could be some sort of black algae. Google it.
Seen it up the bush recently, hardly any animals drink it. Hardly any game in the area ATM.
The important thing to note is,,,,,,,,,,,
(As per the picture)
If there are reeds and rushes growing around the perimeters,, and they themselves are not showing signs of dying back,,, there isn't any major
problems in the water or soil itself,, except maybe taste/bitterness that "spoilt cows" don't like.
Reeds and rushes are the best purifying things going for water,, and provided for free by Mother Nature.
bladeracer wrote:Yep, lots of reeds...and ducks living in the dams. Just heading back down there now.
cz515 wrote:Ducks are not good for the water quality/ taste
noneyabussiness wrote:I use some pretty stagnant dam water ( not ours, have a easement to pump it) for our house usage... I pump it into a holding tank amd add a flocculent ( aluminium sulphate) and chlorine, then over a few days pump it through 2 in series pool sand filters on recirculation .. comes out with no bad taste and crystal clear ... ( I have the pump on solar so no extra cost) . I can do 5000 litres at a time..
there are also products that you can add to dams to " clear " them naturally... and most importantly, our house dam has lots of life in it, the best ( fish, Yabbies, mussles etc) all natural filter feeders, it is VERY clean but too small for our usage ( the other dam free so why not ) ... I stocked it myself, no more a mossie breeding ground and can catch and eat the silver perch when need to..
cz515 wrote:Ducks are not good for the water quality/ taste
Good hunting though
Blr243 wrote:Is tannin harmful ? Pretty sure I have drunk a stack of cape York creek water with plenty of tannin. Should b ok just to taste the water and spit it out I think. That might give u a bit of an idea what’s goin on in there
Blr243 wrote:Is tannin harmful ? Pretty sure I have drunk a stack of cape York creek water with plenty of tannin. Should b ok just to taste the water and spit it out I think. That might give u a bit of an idea what’s goin on in there
bladeracer wrote:Blr243 wrote:Is tannin harmful ? Pretty sure I have drunk a stack of cape York creek water with plenty of tannin. Should b ok just to taste the water and spit it out I think. That might give u a bit of an idea what’s goin on in there
I see lots of websites about "removing tannin" as part of various snake oil diets but I doubt it's actually harmful, lots of people live on bloody tea and coffee
Die Judicii wrote:Are there many Wattles around the dams Mate ?
They are extremely high in tannin,,,,, hence the old timers doing Wattle Bark Tanning.
If weather permits,,,,, it'd probly be advantageous to get a "Long Reach Excavator in and desludge the worst ones.
bladeracer wrote:Die Judicii wrote:At a guess, I'd say the issue is Tannin.
Yep, we're pretty certain tannin is the main issue.
So, how do we reduce the tannin levels?